Buyer

MICHAEL KLINGER

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Summary

Highly skilled in purchasing and sourcing of raw materials.

Proven record for maintaining production schedules with minimal impact on expediting costs.

Effective negotiator and decision maker; direct, clear and confident in managing thousands of dollars in expenditures.

Dedicated professional attitude, committed to getting the job done.

Skills and

Experiences Purchasing

Purchased lighting components, compact fluorescent sockets, wires, aluminum, brass, steel, galvanized steel, glass sheets and different types of plastics products.

Daily RFQ’s for Plating aluminum and brass fixtures and placing purchase orders, and coordinating their pickup and delivery to meet production schedule.

Researched and sourced new vendors to add to the company data base.

Found effective ways to reduce cost using different distributors and generic brands.

Analyzed trends and planned according to-production using the MRP system.

Contract Negotiation/Compliance

Authored contracts for work to be performed by perspective vendors, according to Cad files and blueprints, as needed for bidding.

Protected owner’s financial interests during bidding process

Knowledge of Codes

Purchased electrical components that were RHOS compliant

Purchase Plastics that met with UL guidelines.

Employment History

Nov’14 - Present Mailroom Services/The Post Office- Brentwood, TN – Handle all Customer inquiries, process mail and packages, sell stamps; Purchased office supplies.

Parthenon Metal Works Inc.- LaVergne, TN – Purchasing Assistant

Feb.13-Nov’14 Purchased services from the mill to slit metal coils. Then expedite and receive to inventory daily. Data entry, filing, posting information to folders. Purchasing supplies for factory.

Sept.11 –Jan.13 Benchmark Realty- Brentwood, TN- Office assistant-administrative duties. Clerical work, customer service, data entry. Processing credit applications.

Mar.11-Sept.11 Green Pest Service – Plainview, N.Y. Customer Service Technician for residential pest services. Involves maintaining customer accounts new and existing. Performing pest control indoor and outdoor.

Dec.05- Nov’09 Louis Baldinqer - Astoria, N.Y. - Replenishment buyer for lighting company. Purchased raw materials, steel, brass, aluminum, plastics. Sourced components for lighting fixtures. Replenished and maintained inventory. Obtained daily competitive quotes.

Nov.03- Dec.05 Pristine Design - Roslyn, N.Y. - A buyer and office assistant for a construction company.

Feb.02 - Nov.03 Prime Technology Corp. - Great Neck, N.Y- Purchasing assistant for an electronic exporter. Purchased, sourced and obtained quotes.

Dec.01- Jan.02 Bruckner Supply Corp. - Port Washington, N.Y - Buyer Trainee

Education L.I.U- C.W. Post, NY. M.A., Elementary Education & New Paltz College, NY B.A.,Sociology.

Other Skills MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Peach Tree, Power Point, CDL

References: Furnished Upon request

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